陈伟林 Chén Wěilín
- 陈 chén Family name
- 伟 wěi great
- 林 lín forest
陈 is a common family name; 伟 and 林 echo wēi lì, how Chinese begins Willie (威利).

威利 Wēilì
我叫威利。 Wǒ jiào Wēilì. My name is Willie.
Willie en chino se escribe 威利 (Wēilì).
陈伟林 Chén Wěilín
陈 is a common family name; 伟 and 林 echo wēi lì, how Chinese begins Willie (威利).
杨巍黎 Yáng Wēilí
杨 is a common family name; 巍 and 黎 echo wēi lì, how Chinese begins Willie (威利).
黄威林 Huáng Wēilín
黄 is a common family name; 威 and 林 echo wēi lì, how Chinese begins Willie (威利).
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Willie is 威利 (Wēilì) in Chinese. To say “My name is Willie”, say 我叫威利 (Wǒ jiào Wēilì).
Nothing as a whole: Chinese picks 威利 for how it sounds, Wēilì, close to Willie. On its own, 威 means power and 利 advantage.
Willie is written 威利, 2 characters: 威 (9 strokes), 利 (7 strokes). Each is drawn stroke by stroke on this page, in the order you write it.
By sound, with characters picked for how they are said: Michael is 迈克尔 (Màikè’ěr). Newspapers, subtitles and books use one usual form for each common name.
A name made the Chinese way: a one-character family name first, then one or two characters picked for their meaning. Many learners use one in class.
It’s a starting point. Ask a Chinese speaker or teacher before you put it on anything that lasts, like a tattoo or a document.
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chinese writes some names more than one way.